{"title":"root-catalog \u003e Root \u003e Best Anthologies","description":"Money off our favourite anthologies.","products":[{"product_id":"writers-on-islands","title":"Writers on Islands","description":"Some of the country’s leading writers are captured in this unique anthology which celebrates the many and varied islands around our shores. \u003cb\u003eKathleen Jamie, Mervyn Peake, John Betjeman, Brendan Behan, Hugh MacDiarmid, Louis MacNeice, Geoffrey Grigson, W.B. Yeats, George Orwell\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eKathleen Raine\u003c\/b\u003e are just a few of the 50 authors whose prose works evoke and record in a whole variety of ways, the culture, lives and  essence of island life. The collection follows IRON’s highly successful anthology – also edited by James Knox Whittet, \u003ci\u003e100 Island Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 2005.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003e100 Island Poems:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I cannot recommend this book too highly. The Foreword by the editor James Knox Whittet, who himself was born and brought in the Hebridean island of Islay, is deeply moving and thought provoking and contains many wise insights.”\u003c\/i\u003e  — Ann Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e100 Island Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, ISBN: 978-0-906228-97-5, £9.00\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Knox Whittet\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet who grew up on the Scottish island of Islay, and now lives in Norfolk. He previously edited for IRON Press the highly successful \u003ci\u003e100 Island Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (2005).  He has also published a pamphlet — \u003ci\u003eSeven Poems for Engraved Fishermen\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Iron Press","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":1040824480,"sku":"9780955245053","price":9.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7369\/products\/2_2_35b384bc-f48d-488a-a799-6ac398327f06.jpeg?v=1752237435"},{"product_id":"sing-sorrow-sorrow","title":"Sing Sorrow Sorrow","description":"\u003ci\u003eSing Sorrow Sorrow\u003c\/i\u003e is a chilling collection of supernatural myth and otherworldly horror stories from some of Wales’ most exciting new and established authors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the dark waters of the Styx to the circling birds of the Mabinogion, from the lonely house to cities of the mind, the contemporary stories in \u003ci\u003eSing Sorrow Sorrow\u003c\/i\u003e grow out of European folk, fable, fairy tale and legend – all tales which belong to the domain of the underworld. There are ghosts, murderesses, blood-soaked enchantment, black humour and stories with the darkest twists of the imagination – perfect for reading at Halloween, or rather the eve of its pagan Celtic predecessor Samhain. Draw the chair nearer the fire and enjoy.","brand":"Seren","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":1041018452,"sku":"9781854115300","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7369\/products\/2_2_fded2229-00d9-434c-bf21-3ab2803b40b6.jpeg?v=1752237669"},{"product_id":"city-state-new-london-poetry","title":"City State: New London Poetry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCity State\u003c\/em\u003e showcases the work of twenty-seven London writers between the ages of 16 and 36. From hyperlinked walks of Battersea bombsites and guerilla gardening projects to jagged urban lyrics and dark hymns to the East End, \u003cem\u003eCity State\u003c\/em\u003e presents a confident, entertaining and truly diverse snapshot of the best new poetry from London.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eFeaturing poems by: \u003ca class=\"author\" title=\"Jay Bernard\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inpressbooks.co.uk\/author\/b\/jay-bernard-4887\/\"\u003eJay Bernard\u003c\/a\u003e,                                             \u003ca class=\"author\" title=\"Caroline Bird\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inpressbooks.co.uk\/author\/b\/caroline-bird-6617\/\"\u003eCaroline Bird\u003c\/a\u003e,                                             \u003ca class=\"author\" title=\"Ben Borek\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inpressbooks.co.uk\/author\/b\/ben-borek-2160\/\"\u003eBen Borek\u003c\/a\u003e,                                             \u003ca class=\"author\" title=\"Siddhartha Bose\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inpressbooks.co.uk\/author\/b\/siddhartha-bose-6235\/\"\u003eSiddhartha Bose\u003c\/a\u003e,                                             \u003ca class=\"author\" title=\"Tom Chivers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inpressbooks.co.uk\/author\/c\/tom-chivers-3091\/\"\u003eTom Chivers\u003c\/a\u003e,                                             \u003ca class=\"author\" title=\"Swithun Cooper\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inpressbooks.co.uk\/author\/c\/swithun-cooper-4767\/\"\u003eSwithun Cooper\u003c\/a\u003e,                                             \u003ca class=\"author\" title=\"Alex Davies\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inpressbooks.co.uk\/author\/d\/alex-davies-6684\/\"\u003eAlex Davies\u003c\/a\u003e,                                             \u003ca class=\"author\" title=\"Inua Ellams\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inpressbooks.co.uk\/author\/e\/inua-ellams-6685\/\"\u003eInua Ellams\u003c\/a\u003e,                                             \u003ca class=\"author\" title=\"Laura Forman\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inpressbooks.co.uk\/author\/f\/laura-forman-6686\/\"\u003eLaura Forman\u003c\/a\u003e,                                             \u003ca class=\"author\" title=\"Wayne Holloway-Smith\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inpressbooks.co.uk\/author\/h\/wayne-holloway-smith-6687\/\"\u003eWayne Holloway-Smith\u003c\/a\u003e,                                             \u003ca class=\"author\" title=\"Christopher Horton\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inpressbooks.co.uk\/author\/h\/christopher-horton-6688\/\"\u003eChristopher Horton\u003c\/a\u003e,                                             \u003ca class=\"author\" title=\"Kirsten Irving\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inpressbooks.co.uk\/author\/i\/kirsten-irving-6689\/\"\u003eKirsten Irving\u003c\/a\u003e,                                             \u003ca class=\"author\" title=\"Annie Katchinska\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inpressbooks.co.uk\/author\/k\/annie-katchinska-6239\/\"\u003eAnnie Katchinska\u003c\/a\u003e,                                             \u003ca class=\"author\" title=\"Amy Key\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inpressbooks.co.uk\/author\/k\/amy-key-6690\/\"\u003eAmy Key\u003c\/a\u003e,                                             \u003ca class=\"author\" title=\"Chris McCabe\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inpressbooks.co.uk\/author\/m\/chris-mccabe-6384\/\"\u003eChris McCabe\u003c\/a\u003e,                                             \u003ca class=\"author\" title=\"Marianne Munk\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inpressbooks.co.uk\/author\/m\/marianne-munk-6691\/\"\u003eMarianne Munk\u003c\/a\u003e,                                             \u003ca class=\"author\" title=\"Holly Pester\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inpressbooks.co.uk\/author\/p\/holly-pester-6692\/\"\u003eHolly Pester\u003c\/a\u003e,                                             \u003ca class=\"author\" title=\"Heather Phillipson\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inpressbooks.co.uk\/author\/p\/heather-phillipson-6245\/\"\u003eHeather Phillipson\u003c\/a\u003e,                                             \u003ca class=\"author\" title=\"Nick Potamitis\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inpressbooks.co.uk\/author\/p\/nick-potamitis-6693\/\"\u003eNick Potamitis\u003c\/a\u003e,                                             \u003ca class=\"author\" title=\"Imogen Robertson\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inpressbooks.co.uk\/author\/r\/imogen-robertson-6694\/\"\u003eImogen Robertson\u003c\/a\u003e,                                             \u003ca class=\"author\" title=\"Jacob Sam-La Rose\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inpressbooks.co.uk\/author\/r\/jacob-sam-la-rose-6393\/\"\u003eJacob Sam-La Rose\u003c\/a\u003e,                                             \u003ca class=\"author\" title=\"Ashna Sarkar\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inpressbooks.co.uk\/author\/s\/ashna-sarkar-6695\/\"\u003eAshna Sarkar\u003c\/a\u003e,                                             \u003ca class=\"author\" title=\"Jon Stone\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inpressbooks.co.uk\/author\/s\/jon-stone-6696\/\"\u003eJon Stone\u003c\/a\u003e,                                             \u003ca class=\"author\" title=\"Barnaby Tidman\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inpressbooks.co.uk\/author\/t\/barnaby-tidman-6697\/\"\u003eBarnaby Tidman\u003c\/a\u003e,                                             \u003ca class=\"author\" title=\"Ahren Warner\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inpressbooks.co.uk\/author\/w\/ahren-warner-6247\/\"\u003eAhren Warner\u003c\/a\u003e,                                             \u003ca class=\"author\" title=\"James Wilkes\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inpressbooks.co.uk\/author\/w\/james-wilkes-3762\/\"\u003eJames Wilkes\u003c\/a\u003e,                                             \u003ca class=\"author\" title=\"Steve Willey\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inpressbooks.co.uk\/author\/w\/steve-willey-6698\/\"\u003eSteve Willey\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"We are offered London as a test case for a new diversity of means and manner, from sassy performance scripts to the solid blocks of densely disjunctive language characterised as innovative or avant-garde. [\u003cem\u003eCity State\u003c\/em\u003e proposes] a central space that is also the meeting place of many edges.\"\u003cbr\u003ePhilip Gross, \u003cem\u003ePoetry London\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eCity State\u003c\/em\u003e is [a] journey across the metropolis in rush hour: a journey that by turns bewilders, delights and throws up unpalatable truths. The anthology showcases a real range of styles, from Jacob Sam-La Rose’s heartfelt verse, to Chris McCabe’s complex, darkly witty observations. Though diverse, the poets featured here often seem to riff around several themes that are associated with London itself: dislocation, escapism, breathlessness.\"\u003cbr\u003eHelen Mort\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Performance poets are wedged side by side with the new crop of post-langpo practitioners and sculptors of sound; formalism and new narrative jostle for position with cut-ups, found poems and the inheritors of a confessional poetics [...] What seems to unit the best of the poets here is a quality of looking outward: they are aware of, and play with, the possibilities of language and form; they draw on a recognisable tradition but refresh it, linguistically and subjectively [...] There is a great deal of vitality and versatility among the younger generation of emerging poets in the country’s capital.\"\u003cbr\u003eSimon Turner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Here is a good, deep shaft drilled into the poetry of the capital. [...] What I like about this anthology is its range. There are poets here who, I guess, could fit into the latest Bloodaxe catalogue with relative ease. There are others, like Nick Potamitis or Steve Wiley and Alex Davies, who are much more experimental and are carrying on the work of poets such as Allen Fisher and Iain Sinclair. And there are poets coming out of a more performance-oriented stream such as Jacob Sam-La Rose, whose wonderfully ironic ‘How to be Black’ is one of the many highlights of this collection.[...] A true anthology of what’s going on in poetry now.\"\u003cbr\u003eSteven Waling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTom Chivers\u003c\/strong\u003e (editor) was born in 1983 in South London. A writer, editor and promoter of poetry, his publications include \u003cem\u003eThe Terrors\u003c\/em\u003e (Nine Arches Press, 2009) and \u003cem\u003eHow To Build A City\u003c\/em\u003e (Salt Publishing, 2009). 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Tom is Director of Penned in the Margins and Co-Director of London Word Festival.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penned in the Margins","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":1041084188,"sku":"9780955384684","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7369\/products\/2_2_ee03f889-a43d-4215-bb2a-92f77d8a7d66.jpeg?v=1752237655"},{"product_id":"red-contemporary-black-british-poetry","title":"Red: Contemporary Black British Poetry","description":"\u003ci\u003eRed\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful new anthology of work by Black British poets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Perhaps the most significant thing to be said about \u003ci\u003eRed\u003c\/i\u003e is that the poets in this volume burst through any constraining label with writing that throbs and pulses and seeps and flows.\" \u003cbr\u003eMargaret Busby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRed\u003c\/i\u003e collects poems that engage 'red', poems by Black British poets writing with the word 'red' in mind—as a kind of leap-off point, a context, a germ—the way something small, minor, or grand might spur a poem. It offers the reader the freedom to come to whatever conclusions they want to about what writing as a poet who is also Black and British might mean.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe result is a book of poets ranging from well-established and published writers to first time poets. \u003ci\u003eRed\u003c\/i\u003e does find its usual associations with blood, violence, passion, and anger. Sometimes it is linked with sensuality and sexuality. But there are surprises, when red defines a memory or mood, the quality of light in a sky, the colour of skin, the sound of a song, and much, much more. The anthology, therefore, succeeds in producing poems that seem to be first about image, and only then about whatever else fascinates the poet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this sense, \u003ci\u003eRed\u003c\/i\u003e is a different kind of anthology of Black British writing, and the richness of the entries, the moods, the humour, the passion, the reflection, the confessional all confirm that Black British poetry is a lively and defining force in Britain today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEditor Kwame Dawes is a poet, novelist, playwright and critic. His work as an organiser and deliverer of poetry workshops has been hailed in many parts of the world, not least in the UK, USA and Jamaica, where he has been the Literary programmer of the Calabash International Literature Festival for the past ten years. His work as an editor received wide praise for \u003ci\u003eWheel and Come Again: An Anthology of Reggae Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRed\u003c\/i\u003e is published by Inscribe, an imprint of Peepal Tree. The Inscribe Series Editor is Kadija Sesay.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKwame Dawes\u003c\/b\u003e is widely acknowledged as the foremost Caribbean poet of the post-Walcott generation. 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The book itself comes in pocket-size A6 format, printed on textured cream paper, cementing Iron Press’ reputation for producing beautiful gift editions of haiku poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne year on –\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo tan lines\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn my ring finger\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlison Williams\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003econdensation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eI draw myself\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ea happy face\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eLynne Rees\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003emy letter to you\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eI rejoin the perforations\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eof two stamps\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eGraham High\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Cobb\u003c\/strong\u003e was recently referred to by Stephen Fry on BBC Radio 4 as “the haiku expert”. 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